Maybe carriers will finally start taking identity verification seriously. When everyone's name, address and SSN (or equivalent) is leaked, somebody might finally get the idea that they're rubbish secrets.

My name and address is actually public as a self-employed Czech. My date of birth shouldn't be hard to find and plenty of people even publish it (why shouldn't they?), my mother's maiden name might be somewhere too, and I don't even have her as a friend on any social media platform.

I really think it's time to start accepting no less than a unique password, hardware identification key or a physical visit to a location with a forgery-resistant ID card.